Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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In 1941, World War Two escalated into a global conflict of unprecedented scale. This documentary explores the pivotal moments of that fateful year, from the terrifying German U-boat wolf packs in the Battle Of The Atlantic and the dramatic sinking of the battleship Bismarck, to the brutal desert warfare of Erwin Rommel in North Africa. Most critically, we examine Operation Barbarossa—Hitler’s massive, genocidal invasion of the Soviet Union—and how the Russian colossus resisted the Nazi war machine just miles from Moscow, forever altering the course of world history.

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